What is regolith?
JC Geography: Mechanical Weathering

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Geography
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7th - 9th Grade
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Naoise Gallagher
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The loose layer of rock and soil on the earth's surface
The sturdy, unbreakable layer of rock on the earth's surface
A process of erosion
A fancy word for stones
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Denudation is the process of...
breaking up and removing rocks on the surface of the Earth
sticking rocks back together with wet soil
the growth of new plants on the surface of the Earth
the cutting down of trees on the Earth's surface
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following are processes of denudation?
(select more than one)
Weathering
Deforestation
Mass movement
Erosion
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is weathering?
The breakdown and decay of rocks that are exposed to the weather
The breakdown of rocks by animals
The cutting down of trees by machinery
The reformation of rocks
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What are the two types of weathering?
Mechanical weathering
Biological weathering
Chemical weathering
Aggressive weathering
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The jagged pieces of rock, produced by freeze thaw action are called...
Scree
Mee
Slee
Shree
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Onion weathering is when rock is...
heated by day and cooled by night repeatedly
cooled by day and heated by night repeatedly
kept at the same temperature constantly
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Freeze thaw action occurs when water...
freezes and expands and then cools and melts repeatedly
freezes and contracts then cools and expands repeatedly
splashes off rocks repeatedly
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